{"id":"CVE-2026-70592","aliases":["BIT-ghost-2026-70592","EUVD-2026-52974","GHSA-cj62-hvv2-2q5h"],"status":"published","title":"Ghost: Database Backup Path Traversal","description":"Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 1.20.1 until 6.54.1, an Administrator-level user could remotely overwrite certain files on the filesystem through the database backup filename, leading to integrity and availability issues. The database export endpoint failed to reject path separators in the caller-supplied filename. This issue is fixed in version 6.54.1.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00437,"percentile":0.38229,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-22"],"published":"2026-08-04T21:41:27Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:30Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"npm","package":"ghost","fixed_in":["6.54.1"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"ghost","fixed_in":["6.54.1"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"npm","package":"ghost","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"1.20.1"},{"fixed":"6.54.1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"ghost","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"1.20.1"},{"fixed":"6.54.1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"npm","package":"ghost","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"1.20.1"},{"fixed":"6.54.1"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"tryghost","product":"ghost"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-cj62-hvv2-2q5h","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","web","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/f466c300191a609ed36c8d7c5d1e33ccd440786b","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","web","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.54.1","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cj62-hvv2-2q5h"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-70592","tags":["web","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/70xxx/CVE-2026-70592.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-70592","title":"Ghost: Database Backup Path Traversal","description":"Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 1.20.1 until 6.54.1, an Administrator-level user could remotely overwrite certain files on the filesystem through the database backup filename, leading to integrity and availability issues. The database export endpoint failed to reject path separators in the caller-supplied filename. This issue is fixed in version 6.54.1.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-04T21:41:27.338Z","modified":"2026-08-05T14:01:28.705Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:35:22.169514Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-52974","description":"Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 1.20.1 until 6.54.1, an Administrator-level user could remotely overwrite certain files on the filesystem through the database backup filename, leading to integrity and availability issues. 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Updating a Docker-based Ghost instance [is documented here](https://docs.ghost.org/install/docker#updating-ghost). \n\nIf your Ghost is a Ghost-CLI install see our documentation on [updating it to the latest version here](https://docs.ghost.org/update). \n\n### Workarounds\n\nIf upgrading immediately is not possible, set *disableJSBackups* to \"true\" by running:\n\n```sh\n$ ghost config set disableJSBackups true\n$ ghost restart\n```\n\n### References\n\nGhost thanks Jorian Woltjer of Aikido Security, Mitchell Benjamin of Revamp Studio, and meifukun for disclosing this vulnerability responsibly.\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email Ghost at [security@ghost.org](mailto:security@ghost.org).","status":"published","published":"2026-08-04T21:41:33Z","modified":"2026-08-19T02:41:31Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:41:03.602876Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-70592","description":"Ghost is a Node.js content management system. 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Updating a Docker-based Ghost instance [is documented here](https://docs.ghost.org/install/docker#updating-ghost). \n\nIf your Ghost is a Ghost-CLI install see our documentation on [updating it to the latest version here](https://docs.ghost.org/update). \n\n### Workarounds\n\nIf upgrading immediately is not possible, set *disableJSBackups* to \"true\" by running:\n\n```sh\n$ ghost config set disableJSBackups true\n$ ghost restart\n```\n\n### References\n\nGhost thanks Jorian Woltjer of Aikido Security, Mitchell Benjamin of Revamp Studio, and meifukun for disclosing this vulnerability responsibly.\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email Ghost at [security@ghost.org](mailto:security@ghost.org).","status":"published","published":"2026-08-04T21:41:33Z","modified":"2026-08-17T08:10:29.638764057Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:45.28161Z"},{"id":"BIT-ghost-2026-70592","title":"Ghost: Database Backup Path Traversal","description":"Ghost is a Node.js content management system. 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